Summary
Masked neo-Nazis marched through Columbus, Ohio’s Short North neighborhood on Saturday, displaying swastika flags and making racist and antisemitic statements.
Police are investigating, and no arrests have been reported.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Columbus officials condemned the display, emphasizing that hate and bigotry have no place in the state.
The incident follows a similar demonstration in Michigan last week, where masked protesters displayed Nazi flags outside a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Columbus officials condemned the display, emphasizing that hate and bigotry have no place in the state.
Oh, but they do, as is evidenced by hateful bigots marching through the streets of your state capital.
It’s like that time my old high school had a school shooting and some elected official was all like “no one could have predicted this” and I was like “my brother in Christ, I went to that high school. If no one predicted a mass shooter event then why the fuck weren’t we allowed long coats or backpacks? Why the metal detectors? Was it all for shits and giggles?”
Anyways, elected officials lie and it’s very upsetting to people that expect literal truth. Maybe it’s comforting to some?
Don’t worry, it won’t be long and they will not need to mask anymore.
Let me guess: there were good people on both sides in that masked group.
the masked group is just one of the sides
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Hey they voted for hate and bigotry at the federal level
Do a march on the same route an hour after they finish and say “We are better than them and don’t hate you” do it un masked and see how many people join you.
It’s horrible and racist but at least there is free speech. It’s too bad we can’t have free speech without this sort of thing. Perhaps one day people will become kinder and less racist. It scares me but the alternative of no free speech scares me more.
I mean this is less of a free speech issue and more of a lack of information and education issue coupled with foreign disinformation campaigns. And specifically for America, also a societal isolation issue. Americans outside downtown rarely get any human contact and it shows, as trust between neighbors deteriorates. This sort of stuff is far less prevalent in countries that put more value in education and building communities.
Oh, just put your mask on and get back out there, numbnuts
i’m jewish and gay… and more scared of totalitarian “benevolent” governments than nazis. at least nazis let you die. benevolent governments think your thoughts and existence are property of the state.
Lol good luck with that
… that said I think there’s a huge difference between suggesting that this kind of thing be made illegal, and criticizing people with power and influence (including politicians) for actively encouraging it and benefiting from it
Paradox of tolerance
Do you realise that other developed countries have free speech too but no nazis on the street? We might no have in our brainwash hymn how free and brave we are, but we are.
Screw tolerance some things need to be eradicated. I wish death in the most heinous way on these scum.
It would be a shame if Nazis got massacred and noone saw what happened.
What a bunch of losers, waiting until the generation is dead that would beat them to a pulp in the streets with their Hurry Canes and walkers.
They’re just preparing for the inauguration.
Police are investigating…sure I bet a few officers were in the march. Yes because Trump going allow nazi the only right to free speech. When fhe protest begin Trump will send in the troops to put them down.
the only thing sadder than this is that they managed to survive to the end of their little walk and go home.
In a just society they would have been napalmed and/or turned to ground mince by a large truck.
Nazis feel emboldened to march in multiple cities this year:
https://www.wgal.com/article/neo-nazi-march-harrisburg-pennsylvania-peace-rally/61971282
Nazis have been marching in Columbus for two years. This was just the first time they attacked people
The next time they’ll get the right police on shift first so they won’t be arrested for attacking people. Then no one speaks up the third time because no one is there to protect us and we’ve arrived at totally fucked.
I don’t know about you but I armed myself. I will help me.
This is America.
Oh hell no. Place 2x4s in a place they’ll accidentally walk into them. Like your hands at their eye level with a runneng start.
This will be normalized within the next 4 years.
The fact this is literally the 2nd story this week of Nazi shitheads openly waving their flags around is a good indicator it’s not going to take nearly that long.
Considering how passive the title is here I think maybe they’re normalized now.
When the masks come off, that’s when it’s really bad.
No. No it won’t. They want to sensationalize this. Don’t buy into it.
You paid pretty much zero attention I’m school, huh?
“They” being the majority of Americans who looked at this as said “yeah, sure”.
Yeah nothing to report here, just some Nazis marching through US streets unmolested.
They were molested. The got in a few fights, pepper sprayed some people and then scuttled off to their U-Haul where the cops arrested them.
Can you elaborate on this?
I am not American (although I have lived there). I am just curious.
I am an American (and Jewish) and I have no fucking clue what they’re talking about. It has gotten worse and worse and worse.
I hope you are able to stay safe where you are. A lot of New England states prepared for an influx of people needing medical care when roe vs wade was overturned. Some blatantly said they will not cooperate with states like Texas and will not release people’s medical records.
I’m hoping if things escalate they’ll follow that trend and help people get out. There’s been some states like Vermont and Connecticut that have had a decrease in population over the past 10 years so there’s room for more people should it come to that.
I have dual citizenship with the UK, which is where we plan to escape to, but New England is Plan B if I can’t find a job.
That’s good to hear! The UK is probably a lot safer than staying stateside. But if you find job prospects better in New England we welcome you!
The roads are kinda crappy, and we still have some trump supporters, but it’s definitely muted compared to other parts of the country.
We have good friends in Baltimore (a queer married couple) so it’s a better plan B than nothing.
Oh, don’t worry. That was just the new Secretary of Defense and a few of his buddies out blowing off some steam and having a good time.
hate and bigotry is literally the only thing republicans agree on
I’ve seen more hate, violence, and bigotry from the left over the last year…
Prove it.
Haha, no you haven’t you fucking dork.
Oh pretty please indulge us with your tall tales of all the violence you’ve seen from the left since Nov of 2023.
People calling you a nazi when you’re acting like a nazi doesn’t count.
You mean the left also tried to overthrow the government through violence?
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Hallucinogenics are a hell of a drug…or did you just notsee what the entire GOP has become?
The hate and bigotry: people being upset at being intentionally misgendered.
Imagine having a brain so wasted and misused as to actually believe this.
It’s disrespectful to the forces of nature to treat your brain like this after so many millions of years of evolution.
Get yourself some help.
sure you have, sweetie
